Editing Mount Etna (section)

==Facilities==
[[File:Sapienza Refuge Etna 060313.JPG|thumb|Sapienza Refuge, the main tourist hub]]
[[File:Skiing Etna nord, slope anfiteatro.jpg|thumb|Etna North [[Linguaglossa]] and Etna South [[Nicolosi]] are the two [[ski resort]]s of the volcano.]]
Etna is one of Sicily's main tourist attractions, with thousands of visitors every year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/etna-italy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304215526/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/etna-italy |url-status=live |archive-date=4 March 2021 |title=Etna National Park, Italy |work=National Geographic Travel |date=8 April 2011 }}</ref> The most common route is through the road leading to Sapienza Refuge ski area, lying at the south of the crater at elevation of 1,910&nbsp;m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rifugiosapienza.com/chi-siamo/?lang=en | title=Rifugio Sapienza: who we are | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202225552/http://www.rifugiosapienza.com/chi-siamo/?lang=en | archive-date=2 February 2014  }}</ref> From the Refuge, a [[cableway]] runs uphill to an elevation of 2,500&nbsp;m, from where the crater area at 2,920&nbsp;m is accessible.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/sicily/mt-etna/activities/tour-self-guided/funivia-delletna |title=Funivia dell'Etna in Mt Etna, Italy | work=Lonely Planet |access-date=3 April 2013 |archive-date=12 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712213720/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/sicily/mt-etna/activities/tour-self-guided/funivia-delletna | url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Ferrovia Circumetnea]] – Round-Etna railway – is a narrow-gauge railway constructed between 1889 and 1895. It runs around the volcano in a 110-km long semi-circle starting in Catania and ending in [[Riposto]] 28&nbsp;km north of Catania.

There are two ski resorts on Etna: one at the Sapienza Refuge, with a chairlift and three ski lifts, and a smaller one on the north, at [[Piano Provenzana]] near [[Linguaglossa]], with three lifts and a chairlift.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/italy/7427820/Skiing-Mount-Etna-Hit-the-slopes-one-day-sail-the-next.html |title=Skiing Mount Etna: Hit the slopes one day, sail the next |last=Morris |first=Johnny |work=The Telegraph |date=12 March 2010 |url-status=live |archive-date=20 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420160659/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/italy/7427820/Skiing-Mount-Etna-Hit-the-slopes-one-day-sail-the-next.html}}</ref>

Sapienza Refuge was the finish of [[2011 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 9|Stage&nbsp;9]] of the [[2011 Giro d'Italia]] and [[2017 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 4|Stage&nbsp;4]] of the [[2017 Giro d'Italia|2017 Giro]].